Area parents prepare to camp out in front of Fairview-Clifton German Language School in Clifton have been camping out for two weeks to enroll their children.

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But the wait is about to end. Doors open Tuesday night for at least some of the weather-weary parents who've been camping out for nearly two weeks to get their kids into Cincinnati's most high-demand public schools.

Cincinnati Public Schools' magnet-school enrollment begins Wednesday. It's a first-come, first-served system which has led to an annual ritual at a handful of the specialty schools - parents literally set up tents on the lawns of the school nearly two weeks in advance ...